Israel attorney general won't back funding limits

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general has said that controversial bills that would sharply restrict funding for dovish groups are starkly unconstitutional.

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would not be able to defend the bills in court, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The bills "do grave damage to a string of constitutional rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and equal rights," said the letter sent to the prime minister's office last week.

The bills, approved last month by a ministerial committee, would limit annual donations to a single group by foreign …